hyakumonogatari kaidankai series: b a k e k u j i r a - 化 鯨
the rain splatters against the harsh black waters of the sea, bullet-like heartbeats that seem to proclaim a desperation to survive. the fishermen’s boats cut through the waves like a small, quivering knives, stabbing out into the night for a hunt. and then, a flash of lightning illuminates the sky like white day for a moment -- and the cold shine of a whale’s skin winks back. scrambling for their harpoons, the fishermen nearly tilt themselves into the deep waters; a whale will feed their starving village for weeks. they wait, until the lightning in the sky meets the sea in a white-hot fury; and falcon-eyed, their arms bending with the weight of years and experience, the fishermen shoot forward their harpoons at the whale. yet, the metal of their spears met not the soft fatty flesh of whale, but rather clattered upon stony blades of bone. a cold sweat more frigid than rain broke over the foreheads of all the fishermen as the ghost-whale drifted closer to them, followed by an unearthly host of strange fish beneath it and strange birds above it ... the fishermen’s boats pass through the ribs of the ghost-whale easily, but they know that they cannot survive its curse. the wind howls like the mournful song of a whale, bemoaning the pestilence and death that the fishermen have reaped this unfortunate night ...
@mythonetwork: trial four ↪ water spirits and creatures
